Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Etymologies
From: "Joseph Codispoti" <joecodi@thegrid.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:16:23 -0700

You are quite correct Marc. The bundled ax and twigs indeed date back to the
Roman Empire. However, "fascismo" is a 20th century term thus my translation
from Italian rather than Latin.

Joseph Codispoti

Between two evils I will chose the one I have not experienced before



- ----- Original Message -----
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: [Leica] Etymologies


>At 04:07 PM 4/14/99 -0700, Joseph Codispoti wrote:
>>The word fascism comes for "fascio" which means fagot in Italian. Now,
>>before jumping to fascism, please check fagot in the dictionary.
>
>Well, a quick gander through any standard Latin dictionary would expand
>Signore Codispoti's knowledge a bit.  "Fascism" comes from the Latin
>"fascis", which means a fagot and more -- the axe-blade came extra ...
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
>